Flying Flat – The Glamour is Gone April 14, 2017

Most of my readers will remember when flying was an exciting and somewhat glamorous adventure. Dressing up to board a large aeroplane was the norm, never traveling in jeans, sneakers nor flip flops and shorts.

Having to remove your shoes, belt, jacket, coat, coins, keys, wallet, jewelry then standing in front of a full body scanner with your hands held high…getting patted down by a TSA agent makes flying less glamorous and much more stressful and sometimes downright embarrassing!

Passengers are herded onto too small planes like cattle, charged more to check a bag and given miniature food items that should be part of a kid’s board game. A few sips from a can of soda to keep your mouth from becoming dry as the Sahara while praying there will be no turbulence.

No more hot meals, cold sandwiches, fruit and cheese platters or even headphones unless you are willing to pay extra for them…oh and by the way…
there will be no cash or travelers cheques (remember them) transactions are now made with a swipe of a credit card.

Granted, not all the changes to air travel have been bad, at least there’s no more on-board smoking! However, the excessive fees, multiple city stops, too small seats and tiny bathrooms definitely makes flying less glamorous but it hasn’t stopped millions of people from doing so on a daily basis.

Now having said all of that the time has come for us to travel. It has been almost 7 years since our last family vacation to Orlando which is way too long! So I will endure the stress of flying because it comes with a summer vacation to Puerto

I haven’t been on a plane in about 8 years. Being that my first plane ride was in the late 90’s, I miss the glamorous days of flying. But I think it would be fun to travel by air if it was like it was in the 50’s and 60’s.

7 years since your last vacation is a while my love. I’d say you’re definitely in need of a well-deserved vaca! And Punta Cana sounds amazing!! I wish you an absolutely fabulous and amazing trip (even if the actual flying part is way less glamorous). Enjoy your trip beautiful, you deserve it.

I was just telling my 11-year-old when we flew to California last week all about how it used to be. I used to get dressed up. It was a big big big family event. They served us food… All of it 🙂
She couldn’t believe it.
FlashForward to my leaving the news on this morning as she ready to walk out the door to school and she saw the whole debacle that occurred on United.
She could not believe it.
Far we have fallen….